Obsttorte (fruit Torte)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, no margarine
• 2 egg yolks
• 4 cups fruit, fresh, canned, frozen
• 1/2 cup sugar, if fresh fruit is used
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup almonds, toasted, sliced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 mix flour and sugar.
• 3 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 add egg yolks; mix to form dough.
• 5 press dough into bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan.
• 6 dough should come 1 1/2 inches up the sides.
• 7 bake in a preheated 375°f oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until pastry is firm and light brown.
• 8 filling:.
• 9 drain canned or frozen fruit, reserving juice.
• 10 crush 1 cup of fresh fruit to make juice.
• 11 add sugar to fresh fruit and let stand 1/2 hour.
• 12 drain juice and add water to make 1 cup.
• 13 mix cornstarch and fruit juice.
• 14 cook over medium heat until thickened.
• 15 place whole fruit in baked pastry shell.
• 16 pour thickened fruit juice over top.
• 17 chill thoroughly.
• 18 carefully remove torte from springform pan.
• 19 almond coating:.
• 20 beat egg until foamy.
• 21 gradually beat in the sugar. beat until stiff peaks are formed.
• 22 spread the meringue around the outside of the pastry shell.
• 23 press in the almonds so that they completely cover the sides.
• 24 topping:.
• 25 gently fold sugar and vanilla into whipped cream.
• 26 spread over the fruit.
• 27 garnish with sliced toasted almonds, if desired.